NASA’s Dragonfly, a rotorcraft that will explore Saturn’s icy moon Titan, passes Critical Design Review
NASA’s Dragonfly, a rotorcraft that will explore Saturn’s icy moon Titan, passes Critical Design Review
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At this point, it’s not about the design’s feasibility to make it to Titan, but the funding.
CDR means that they can move forward into integration and verification & validation testing.
When is it supposed to launch, and when is it supposed to land?
The day we see an image of a methane lake is gonna be insane, jaw dropping.
Speaking about titan, a blast from the past is this visualization of the telemetry of the Huygens lander:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZC4u0clEc0
Imho a masterpiece in how much information it fits in one screen.
is this still alive given the latest government cuts? How likely is it that NASA can hold on to the funding?
Unfortunately not as the planned landing zone will need to be in daylight. The seas, or Mare’s are in the other side of the moon. Yeah, I know!!!
That’s definitely a step in the right direction.
(Hopefully the missions that seek to continue the exploration of Uranus and Pluto can have the same or better luck).